Dr Saaiah Abdullah had purportedly tried to exclude Dr Selva from a meeting with the deputy rural and regional development minister, not the deputy health minister as we had originally published. We apologise for the error.

We originally published that Muhyiddin had added that the caning punishment was carried out “perfectly” and the women were not injured, although it had caused “pain within their souls”. However, this statement should have been attributed to Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, not Muhyiddin. The error is regretted.